Source registry
Every series the desk currently holds, what it can support and what it cannot. A series absent from this page has not been used in anything published.
Series · provenanceClassCadence · lagSupports · does not support
01 · Shipping & trade flow
Chokepoint transit count
Position broadcasts crossing gate lines drawn across each waterway
B
Daily · 0–4 h
Transits allowed and declared draft at a named chokepoint.
Not cargo value, ownership or destination intent.
Port call turnaround
Arrival and departure pairs, matched by vessel identity
B
Per call · 0–1 d
Handling efficiency and quay productivity trend.
Not volume — a fast call can be a light one.
Bill of lading manifest
Customs-filed manifests, consignee and commodity fields
A
Weekly · 7–30 d
Counterparty pairs and commodity mix, as declared.
02 · Procurement & public record
Contract award register
National and municipal award notices, deduplicated by lot
A
Daily · 1–14 d
Committed demand, named buyer and supplier.
Not delivery — awards are cancelled and rescoped.
Facility permit filings
Construction, emissions and process permits at local authorities
A
Irregular · 14–90 d
Capability at a site, and which processes are licensed there.
Not utilisation. A permit is permission, not activity.
Regulatory docket traffic
Filings, comments and interventions on named proceedings
A
Daily · 0–3 d
Which parties are contesting what, and when they engaged.
Not outcome, and not the position behind the filing.
03 · Satellite & remote sensing
Site activity index
Optical passes, vehicle and stock-pile counts on a fixed footprint
C
2–5 / wk · 4–36 h
Whether a site is being worked, at coarse resolution.
Not output. Cloud cover creates gaps, not zeros.
Thermal anomaly
Infrared bands, flare and furnace detection at industrial sites
B
Daily · 3–12 h
Whether high-temperature process equipment is running.
Not throughput, and not which line is running.
04 · Labour & capability
Posting composition
Role, seniority and site fields on employer-published listings
C
Daily · 1–2 d
Where an organisation is choosing to add capability.
Not headcount. Postings expire, duplicate and get reposted.
Patent and licence cadence
Grant and application flow by classification and assignee
A
Weekly · 6–18 mo
Direction of research effort, as filed.
Nothing timely. Publication lag exceeds most theses.
05 · OSINT & social
Geolocated imagery claims
Posted photo and video, located by landmark and shadow, not caption
D
Continuous · 0–6 h
That something was visible at a place and time.
Never load-bearing alone. Two independent corroborations required.
Operator and trade forum chatter
Industry forums, employee posts, regional trade press
D
Continuous · 0–2 d
A lead worth checking, and the language practitioners use.
Never a finding. Volume is not corroboration.
06 · News & wire behaviour
Wire cadence and revision
Story counts, update frequency and correction notices by outlet
D
Continuous · 0–1 h
How a story is being told, and how fast that is changing.
Not the underlying fact. Coverage tracks attention.
Official statement language
Diffs across successive releases from the same issuer
C
Per release · 0–1 h
That wording changed, and in which direction.
Not why. Drafting changes for many reasons.
07 · Prediction & odds
Event market implied probability
Mid prices on resolvable contracts, with book depth recorded
C
Continuous · 0
What a priced market expects of a discrete event.
Not a forecast. Thin books price attention.
08 · Physical & environmental
Industrial grid load
Published system operator draw by zone and feeder class
B
5 min · 0–1 h
Aggregate industrial activity inside a zone.
Not attributable to one operator or facility.
Waterway and drought level
Gauge readings on freight-carrying rivers and canal systems
B
Hourly · 0–2 h
A physical constraint on barge draft and transit capacity.
Well understood and seasonal. Rarely a surprise.
09 · Web & app telemetry
Checkout availability sweep
Published stock and lead-time states across public storefronts
C
6 h · 0
Whether a product can be bought, where.
Not revenue. Availability is not conversion.
Certificate and DNS record change
Public transparency logs and zone changes on corporate estates
C
Continuous · 0–6 h
That infrastructure is being stood up or retired.
Not what it is for. Naming is not disclosure.
Not admitted
Personal data, anything scraped from behind an authentication wall, and leaked documents. A source that requires any of those is refused before it is read.
Retired this cycle
None this cycle.
Under evaluation
3 series in test. Not cited until admitted.